Morne Morkel: Former South African fast bowler Morne Morkel has joined the coaching staff of the Indian cricket team and has started his tenure with an impressive performance from Jasprit Bumrah and other bowlers in the first Test against Bangladesh. When the Indian bowlers were ripping apart the Bangladesh batting line-up in Chennai, all smiles were on Morkel’s face.
Notably, Morkel has also spent some time with the Pakistan team. He joined them as bowling coach in June last year, but Morkel left the team after Pakistan’s failure to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 stage. With six weeks left in his contract, the legendary bowler severed ties with the Pakistani team and joined Lucknow Super Giants. However, soon the BCCI called him and he could not refuse.
Morne Morkel: Basit Ali slammed Pakistani players for insulting Morne Morkel
Former cricketer Basit Ali targeted the Pakistani bowling lineup and accused them of insulting Morkel when he was the coach of the team.
Basit said on his YouTube channel, “Pakistani bowlers consider themselves bigger than cricket. They thought that Morkel is nothing in front of us.”
He further said that there is a lot of difference in the mentality of Indian and Pakistani players.
He said, “We have come to know the difference. This is the same Bangladesh that played a match against Pakistan, where it seemed that Pakistan was completely behind. This is the same Bangladesh that defeated Pakistan. The difference is of mentality, thinking and class.”
In fact, Bangladesh recently clean swept Pakistan on its soil, while India performed brilliantly in the first Test and defeated them. That is why Basit Ali has slammed the Pakistani bowlers after India’s strong performance.